? Meeting: Pinebelt Radio Control Model Airplane Club meets and flies every Sunday afternoon at Purvis-Oloh Road flying field. Details: 818-2410 or www.pinbeltrc.com.

? Event: The American Legion, Post 146, Petal, holds dances every Saturday, starting at 8 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. with live band. Admission is $5. Details: Van at (205) 335-7274.

? Event: The Bikers Church holds a free ride each second Sunday of the month. Riders meet at exit 57 at Keith's gas station. Details: Beth Hickman (228) 832-8509.

? Meeting: Forrest County Democratic Party Executive Committee meets the second Monday of the month at 6 p.m., first floor of Paul B. Johnson Chancery Court Building, 641 Main St. Public is welcome. Details: H.C. Johnson, 466-8651.

Today

? Event: 15th Annual Black History Parade and Festival, 10 a.m., downtown Hattiesburg. Parade will begin at the Jackie Dole Sherrill Community Center in downtown Hattiesburg and continue to the Historic Mobile Street Community, ending at Bobby L. Chain Park, 912 E. Eighth St. The Black History Festival will begin there at noon. For more information, call Chinika Hughes at 545-4508.

? Event: Second annual Big Game Banquet of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Hattiesburg Chapter, Elks Lake Lodge. Doors will open at 5 p.m. There will be door prizes, live auction, silent auctions, raffles, games and great merchandise and guns to be given away. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. and catered by The Front Porch. There will also be an open bar. For tickets, call Brad at 544-3189.

? Event: Ninth Annual Day of Dance sponsored by Forrest General's Spirit of Women, 9 a.m.-noon, Lake Terrace Convention Center. Instructors will demonstrate line dances, exercise dances and more. There will be a Celebrity Dancing with the Stars contest. Admission is free.

? Event: Join the American Board and learn how you can become a certified teacher in Mississippi. Find out how you can have a classroom of your own in one year if you hold a Bachelor's degree. Also, if you're a paraprofessional, substitute teacher or teaching on a Temporary/Emergency certificate and want to gain certification, find out how to obtain your professional license. Two sessions: 10:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m., Lumberton Public Library, 106 West Main Ave., Lumberton.

? Event: The Hattiesburg Area Daylily Society meeting featuring Paul Owens, from a "Slightly Different Nursery", in Shelby, N.C., 2 p.m., the Extension Service Conference Room at the Forrest County Multi Purpose Center, U.S. 49 south. The program will feature a plant auction, and door prizes. Refreshments are served prior to the beginning of the meeting. Visitors and new members are always welcome. Details: www.hattiesburgdaylily.com

Feb. 18

? Event: Crafts for Kids in the Children's Department, 2-4 p.m., Hattiesburg Library. "Whooo ... Would like to make an owl?"

Feb. 19

? Event: Daytime Book Club, "The Confession," by John Grisham, 2 p.m., Oak Grove Public Library.

? Event: Arbor Day Presentation, 10 a.m., Laurel Jones County Library. Guest speaker: Meachum Harlow, University of Southern Mississippi Outreach Officer for the Mississippi Forestry Commission. Open to children and parents.

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Ongoing? Event: Indoor Farmers' Market, 1200 Corrine St. (J.A.P. Carter Building behind Sherwin Williams). Open all year from 7 a.m.-noon Wednesdays and Saturdays. Local produce in season, plants,